Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Feb 17, 2013 Walking around the resort

Nice sunny day today-perfect for a walk around the grounds.  There are lots of sidewalks that wind around by our complex and several other "sun city type" accommodations for snow bird folks.  The landscape continues to amaze me.  The desert is so brown until the brief wild flower blooming. I am surprised to see what thrives here.   There is rubble like small to large to boulder size rocks everywhere.  And then gravel is the predominant ground cover.  Only the golf courses are green and then that is just the greens.  The fairways are a constant shade of brown burnt grass.

Only a small amount of sandy topsoil covers rock slabs



















First flowers

We missed the barrel cactus flowers.  Now the fruit is growing

Octillo early flowers


Who lives here?  We are cautioned not to stick anything in these holes


Rocky washes preparing for the monsoons later this summer 

Vistoso Golf course


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